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Cinnypony
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 Posted - 20 Apr 2014 : 5:30:42 PM
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Hi
You may remember we took on Red House Gaia (Gaia to us) at New Year as she was due to be PTS. She cost £1.
She is by WSA Charismma out of Red House Ismene:
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/red+house+gaia
Well after lots of timidness, meltdowns and panics, from her over the winter we are really getting somewhere with her. Everyday she shows mpre of her character, which really has some opinions!
There are various issues she came with:
- petrified of stables - we only have a paddock paradise
- couldn't be caught - no longer an issue
- cold backed - Free n easy saddle sorted this out
- nervous of men - work in progress
- etc, etc
So she is doing really well, and took her to her first endurance ride yesterday the EGB Hardys Ride in Dorset to do the 20km pleasure ride. She coped really well. The farrier was lovely to her (our trimmer is a woman) and the male vet at the end took it slowly - her heart rate was 41bpm and she averaged 9kph, was so proud of her!
Some pics:
At home before we left
At the start - the timekeepers like her ;)
After final vetting
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Cinnabar Moth --------------- -----------CF Matilda ----Red House Gaia
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Edited by - Cinnypony on 20 Apr 2014 7:03:53 PM
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M Robson
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Posted - 20 Apr 2014 : 5:40:04 PM
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| She looks really pretty, well done to you both! It so nice to hear that the farrier and vet understood her. Lucky pony. x |
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garnet
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Posted - 20 Apr 2014 : 5:57:02 PM
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| What a fabulous success story - well done! She's a very pretty girl! |
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debs
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Apr 2014 : 7:31:35 PM
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Aahhh how sweet is she?
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barbara.gregory
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Posted - 20 Apr 2014 : 8:19:31 PM
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Congratulations; she is lovely. I hope you have lots of fun together.
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Ari
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Posted - 20 Apr 2014 : 8:30:06 PM
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How well you have done with her and she is rewarding your patience, understanding and commitment. She is lovely.
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Etoile
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Posted - 20 Apr 2014 : 9:13:49 PM
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| How lucky she was to find you. Your hard work is paying off - she looks sane and sensible at the start and very happy and contented at the end. |
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Kharidian
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Posted - 20 Apr 2014 : 9:19:07 PM
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Well done! It just shows what a bit of common sense & understanding can do!
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Kharidian (Prince Sadik x Khiri)........ Alkara Cassino (H Tobago x Rose Aboud)
aka "Roger".................................... aka "Chips"
     
The first image is from an original painting by Pat Shorto.
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Pasch
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Posted - 20 Apr 2014 : 9:50:04 PM
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| To think such a young,lovely mare with that pedigree could be pts and that she was given for £1…..well done! |
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Cinnypony
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Posted - 20 Apr 2014 : 10:21:00 PM
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I nearly refused to go and see her. Not because of her issues, but because of 3 main reasons - the phone call was only 2 days after we lost Blaze and another horse hadn't crossed my mind, she was grey, and the biggest reason she was an ex-in hand show arab.
But I did go as she was fairly local and I thought that if the alternative was pts, I really should look.
When I met her she melted my heart and there was no question about whether she was coming home. I might not have been ready, after losing Blaze, but Gaia didn't have time for me to be ready :(
The most embarrassing thing about Gaia, is that she thinks endurance vetting is the same as showing off in the show ring ;) |
Cinnabar Moth --------------- -----------CF Matilda ----Red House Gaia
Susi
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Edited by - Cinnypony on 20 Apr 2014 10:22:33 PM |
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joanna_piana
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Posted - 20 Apr 2014 : 10:30:55 PM
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| Oh she looks a sweetheart, so glad you went to see her! |
      
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Goldenmane
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Posted - 21 Apr 2014 : 07:34:32 AM
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| It was fate, she is beautiful and so lucky to have you Strutting her stuff at the endurance vetting made me laugh! |
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Callisto
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Posted - 21 Apr 2014 : 6:29:56 PM
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Fantastic that she has come so far, so quickly  , and some lovely horses in her pedigree. Thank goodness she found a home with you, a terrible loss for you, but an absolute godsend for her, that you had a space |
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Arachnid
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Posted - 21 Apr 2014 : 8:09:47 PM
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| She looks like a total poppet. My older horse still doesn't much like men. I'm not sure its that they necessarily have a bad experience, just that they are taller and have lower voices? |
   
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glo
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alison
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Wales
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Posted - 21 Apr 2014 : 11:04:06 PM
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| What a lovely heart warming story, three cheers for you and Gia. As said above it just shows what common sense and love can achieve. xxx |
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kate maciver
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Posted - 22 Apr 2014 : 2:33:36 PM
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| Brilliant, I see your pics on FB, happy story. |
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kath
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Posted - 22 Apr 2014 : 2:43:33 PM
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| What a lovely mare, so glad that she found you - sounds like its going really well |
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DianaSC
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Posted - 22 Apr 2014 : 6:40:44 PM
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| She's lovely, so glad it's working out for you both. |
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Vera
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Cinnypony
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Posted - 22 Apr 2014 : 11:19:05 PM
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Vera - that phone call was probably one if the best things you ever did.
She is one if the sweetest, most adorable horses I have met :) She is much loved, but as her character and confidence blooms, it becomes easier and easier to love her :)
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Cinnabar Moth --------------- -----------CF Matilda ----Red House Gaia
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trinity
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Scotland
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Posted - 30 Apr 2014 : 6:18:28 PM
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| Wow! She looks super & so like her Mum! So lucky you went & saw her. If she's anything like Ismene, once you've won her over you will have a very loyal friend. |
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Red House Gaia (rescue) - her first party
